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SHIRT.

No. 302,115. Patented July 15, 1884.

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S.DEUTSOH.

SHIRT.

Patented July, 15,1884.

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" STATES PATENT f OF ICE,

SIGMUND ennison, or PHILADELPHrA, PENNSYLVANIA. 7

I I I n Y SPECIPICA'I'ION'forming part of Letters Paton; No. 302,115. dated July 15, 1884.

I Application filed June 13, 1883- (No model.)

Toall whom it ,may concern Be it known that l, SIGMUND -DEUTsoH,-a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Phila-m delphia, in vthe county of Philadelphia and. State of Pennsylvania, have I invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference Ibeing had to'v the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which I Figure 1 isa representation of my improved the height or chest length of the person wear- I ing it, such breaking-line coinciding with the waist of the wearer, so as to avoid breaking the'bosom' above the waist, or causing it to bulge out near the top. Y I

A still further object of my invention'is to provide a bosom complete in itself, formed with I I re-enforces, and providedwith a,tab,.thereby I adapting it to be sewed by inexperienced hands directly to the front of a shirt, said bosom being of sucha character that it will properly fit persons of different sizes. A still further object of my invention is to utilize the inner ply of the bosom by extend ing it laterally to form re-enforces.

My improvements "consist in the peculiar I construction andcombinations. of parts, hereinafter fully set forth. p

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

indicates a shirt-bosom embodying my improvements. Said bosom consists of three plies, a a a The outer ply, a, is composed of linen-such as is usually employed in shirt, bosoms-while the other two plies are prefer ably of muslin, though they may also be of 1 5o linen, if desired. The ply a is slightly longer Fig. 2 is a representaand wider than the ply a, so as to. have its edges extend beyond the edges of the latter,

and the inner ply, a, isin like'manner of dle ply is provided with'a tab, 13, having two 7 button-holes, band I), at different heights, re

spectively, or at different distances from the ends of said tab. The pliesare secured together by lines of stitching; (Indicated at a a Said bosom thus constructed is an article complete in itself, and is adapted, without alteration or Ohallg6,tO' be attached directly to a I of the body out to form an opening for the reception of the bosom, the latterbeing inserted in or attached to the edges of said opening. I prefer, however, to leave thefront of the bodyv without any such opening, so that said front forms a lining or backing for the bosom A when the'latter is duly sewed to the former.

When the shirt is laundered, the entire bosom, should be duly starched and ironed.

The wearer of the shirt may button his drawers to that button-hole of the tab which is most convenient and proper, the location of the tab on the middle ply adapting it to individuals of differentsizes better than if it were secured I in. the ordinary manner to the outer ply of the automatically break or crease on a line coinciding with the waist-line of the user, either on the outer, middle,or lower ply,or below the latter, thus avoiding breaks in the middle of the bosom or bulging out of its upper part.

The bosoms, as described, are articles com; pletein themselves, provided with re-enforces and, tab, and are designed for manufacture and sale apart from the shirts, to which they may ultimately be attached. As they require no special fitting after completion, theymay be sewed directly onto the outside of a'shirt by comparatively inexperienced handssay by 5, b0som.- In wear the bosom willnaturally and rdinary purchasers with almost absolute 10o certainty of producing a good and neat fit. As they may be made of uniform size, yet adapted to fit shirts and persons of different measurements, dealers will by keeping them be relieved of the necessity heretofore imposed of having a line of diflerent sizes of bosoms in stock to suit the varying measurements of purchasers.

I have shown and described the bosom as composed of three plies; but it may consist of alarger number. In general, however, three plies will be sufiicient, as when combined witli a shirt with unopened front the latter will form abacking for said bosom.

\Vhile the claim herein included is a limitation to a shirt the front of which is a single piece devoid of opening, and the bosom of which is composed of three plies of increased length and breadth seriatz'm, the inmost ply having lateral extensions which form re-enforces for said body,with all the plies external to the latter, I have shown, and my description embodies, the idea or invention, broadly, of a shirt-bosom composed of three plies of increasing length seriaiim, with a tab secured to the bottom of the middle ply and formed with one or more button-holes. Accordingly, while not claiming now said broad invention, I hereby reserve the right to make the same the subject of another application, to be hereafter filed.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is The combination, with a shirt-body the. 

